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Specimen Recovery at the Meikle and Murray Mines.

From: Rocks & Minerals  |  Date: 11/1/1999  |  Author: JONES, CASEY; JONES, JANE

The golden barite from the Meikle mine and the stibnite from the Murray mine are among the best of their species in the world.

Mineral extraction companies that encounter crystallized mineral specimens while mining for ore usually treat the non-ore asset mineral as gangue or waste unless the company consciously designates that it has value. Barrick Goldstrike Mines and AngloGold Jerritt Canyon Joint Venture, while mining underground for gold, have encountered voids with ...

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